迎仙客·七月

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迎仙客·七月

汤式

乞巧楼，

月如钩，

聚散几回银汉秋。

遣人愁，

何日休？

织女牵牛，

万古情依旧。



Lunar May

To the Tune of Ushering Fairy

Tang Shi

At the top of Praying-to-Wearer-Gril Tower,

The moon is a crescent in the sky.

Yearning for reunion across the Milky Way.

Once a year in July she’s filled with dismay.

To whom the parting grief she can say?

The love of the Cowherd for the Weaver Girl,

Will be witnessed on July Seventh, a red-letter day.